what if i told u modern vampires are a cheap knockoff of an ancient Irish mythological tale of a fairy woman who sought revenge against the men who abused her to death in her life (if you're interested for the full story) youtu.be/EY5wokOOYcs?...

ill shut my yap now since ik most people are just going to ignore me and pretend like idk what I'm talking about and im just trying to cause problems or w/e. níor athraigh dearcadh na Sasanach riamh. ar a laghad is féidir liom mothú compordach i mo shaol féin 😮‍💨

"what if im wiccan"

😩 i hate to break it to you buddy but wicca is not the "ancient" culture it claims to be. it was made up abt 200 years ago by mashing multiple paganisms together and claiming they're all the same and there are only 2 real gods. which is also appropriative... just be pagan man

i think you can still appreciate the culture in a respectful and mindful manner if you do your research and share informative things that help combat this centuries-long appropriation of our traditions. but whether you want to engage in another culture's traditions is up to you, really

the thought of contributing to the normalization of the spread of racial discriminatory misinformation Sound bad to you?

now if the question is about Oíche Shamhna, that depends. do you want to celebrate a Celtic Pagan tradition? what reason would you have if you were not Celtic Pagan yourself?

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"so is it Bad to celebrate halloween?"

complicated question. "halloween," specifically? well when we consider that the term halloween was invented by colonostic christians with the sole intended purpose of demonizing indigenous pagans and framing us as barbaric demon worshippers, doesnt like,

like idk it just feels pointless to talk about, even though i still feel compelled to bc its important to me to do right by my culture and contribute to decolonization 😞 but ik no one's going to really understand or care. so into the public void my words go. oíche mhaith agaibh go léir

"well im an artist and i get a lot of sales from halloween"

ok. what do u want me to say. "im so glad you get to make money off of taking advantage of the commercialization of my appropriated culture?"

"but i like spooky things"

you don't need Samhain to be spooky, you can do that whenever

"why is it such a big deal?"

like bc its an indigenous pagan holiday that was brought to you bc of genocide

"oh you're pagan? so youre evil and worship satan?"

wtf paganism has nothing to do with satan. that's christianizing, demonizing, and erasing our culture right there godsdammit 😫

and then its like
"well why can't you just have fun?"

bc there's nothing fun about contributing to ethnic cleansing man idk

"why do you gotta make me feel bad about having fun?"

why do you, an english-speaking non-irish person, feel so entitled to "have fun" with my culture? that you erased? 😩😩😩😩

talking about this to the English world just feels impossible. I mean, what am I supposed to say, even?

"why aren't you celebrating Halloween?"

bc i celebrate Oíche Shamhna. why would i participate in the commercialized appropriation and erasure of my own culture?

"what?"

exactly 😩

you should instead celebrate the first night of summer, Bealtaine. That is, if you intend to celebrate Celtic Pagan holidays and culture in an appropriate way

-Samhain is about remembering your loved ones who are gone now. There is nothing "spooky" about these ghosts, they deserve respect

Ach tá sé fós frustrach daoine a fheiceáil ag glacadh páirte go dall sa chóras maslach...